Flashcards: Ancient Roman women

Verginia, or Virginia (ca. 465 BC–449 BC), was the subject of a story of ancient Rome, related in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita.

Justa Grata Honoria, commonly referred to during her lifetime as Honoria, was the older sister of the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III — famous for her plea of love and help to Attila the Hun, which led to his proclamation of his claim to rule the Western Roman Empire.

Sulpicia was the name of two Roman women reputed in antiquity as poets.

Serena was a noblewoman of the late Western Roman Empire.

The Kidnapping of the Sabine Women (Latin: Sabinae raptae) is an episode in the legendary history of Rome, traditionally dated to 750 BC, in which the first generation of Roman men acquired wives for themselves from the neighboring Sabine families.

Helena, St. Helena, or St.

Cornelia Scipionis Africana (c. 190 – c. 100 BC) was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, the hero of the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paulla.

Saint Monica (AD 331–387), also known as Monica of Hippo, was an early Christian saint and the mother of St.

Saint Nino (Georgian: წმინდა ნინო, ts'minda nino; Armenian: Սուրբ Նունե, Surb Nune; Greek: Αγία Νίνα, Agía Nína; sometimes St. Nune or St. Ninny) Equal to the Apostles and the Enlightener of Georgia, (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia.

Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is the patroness of musicians.

Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna) of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ, according to apocryphal Christian and Islamic tradition.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek: ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνα ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius.

Saint Macrina the Younger (c.330– 19 July 379) was a nun in the Early Christian Church and is a prominent saint in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Church.

Flavia Julia Titi (13 September 64 – 91) was the daughter and only child to Emperor Titus from his second marriage to the well-connected Marcia Furnilla.

Pelagia (Greek: Πελαγία), distinguished as Pelagia of Antioch, Pelagia the Penitent, and Pelagia the Harlot, was a legendary Christian saint and hermit in the 4th or 5th century.

Marcella (325–410) is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church.

Saint Melania the Younger (born in Rome c. 383, died in Jerusalem on December 31, 439) is a Christian saint and Desert Mother who lived during the reign of Emperor Honorius, son of Theodosius I.

Saint Candida the Elder (Italian: Candida la Vecchia) (died 78 AD) was an early Christian saint and resident of Naples, Italy.

Terentia (/təˈrɛnʃiə, -ʃə/; 98 BC – 6 AD) was the wife of the renowned orator Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Verena is venerated as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church, by the Roman Catholic Church, and by the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Saint Blandina (French: Blandine, died 177 AD) was a Christian martyr during the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Not to be confused with Antonia Major and Antonia Minor, Antony's daughters by his marriage to Octavia the Younger.

Lucretia (/lʊˈkriːʃə/) or Lucrece (Latin: Lucretia; died c. 510 BC) was an ancient Roman woman whose fate played a vital role in the transition of Roman government from the Roman Kingdom to the Roman Republic.

Saint Eugenia (died c AD 258) was an early Christian Roman martyr whose feast day is celebrated on December 25 in the Roman Catholic Church, on December 24 (January 6, New Style) in the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on January 23 in the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Flavia Domitilla Major (Major, Latin for the elder) Flavia Domitilla the Elder or Domitilla the Elder (died before 69, perhaps c. 65) was the wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian.

St. Thaïs of fourth-century Roman Alexandria and of the Egyptian desert was a repentant courtesan.

Justina of Padua (Italian: Santa Giustina di Padova) is a Christian saint and a patroness of Padua.

Saint Devota (French: Sainte Dévote; died ca. 303 AD) is the patron saint of Corsica and Monaco.

Saint Crispina (died December 5, 304) was a martyr of Africa who suffered during the Diocletian persecution.

Freeborn women in ancient Rome were citizens (cives), but could not vote or hold political office.

Julia, also known as Julia Major and Julia the Elder, was the elder of two daughters of Gaius Julius Caesar and Aurelia.

Cornificia (c. 85 BC – c. 40 BC) was a Roman poet and writer of epigrams of the 1st century BC.

Mariamne II was the third wife of Herod the Great.

Antonia was a daughter of Marcus Antonius the orator, who was the proconsul for the Roman province of Cilicia.

Julia Balbilla (Greek: ἡ Ἰουλία Βαλβίλλα, 72 CE – after 130 CE) was a Roman noble woman and poet.

Saint Bibiana (Viviana, Vivian, or Vibiana) is a Roman Virgin and Martyr.

Appia Annia Claudia Atilia Regilla Elpinice Agrippina Atria Polla (Greek: Αππία Αννία Κλαυδία Ατιλία Ρήγιλλα Ελπινίκη Αγριππίνα Ατρία Πώλλα) otherwise most commonly known as Elpinice (Greek: Ελπινίκη) (142-165) was a Roman noblewoman of Greek Athenian and Italian Roman descent who lived in the Roman Empire.

Saint Paula of Rome (347 – 404 AD), was an ancient Roman saint and early Desert Mother.

Saint Paraskevi of Rome is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 2nd century.

Saint Poma, was the sister of Saint Memmius.

Epicharis (d. 65) was an Ancient Roman freedwoman and a leading member of the Pisonian conspiracy against the emperor Nero.

Calvia Crispinilla (fl. c. 54) was a Roman Imperial courtier.

Furia Sabinia Tranquillina (c. 225 – aft. 244) was the Empress of Rome and wife of Emperor Gordian III.

Saint Sophia the Martyr (died AD 137) is venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church on September 17.

Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (March 7, 148 or 150–182) was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus.

Saint Adrian (also known as Hadrian) or Adrian of Nicomedia (died 4 March 306) was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian.

Rupilia Faustina (circa. 87 A.D. – before 138 A.D.) was an influential Roman noblewoman.

Saint Juliana of Nicomedia is said to have suffered Christian martyrdom during the Diocletian persecution in 304.

Victoria, also known as Vitruvia, was a leader in the Roman breakaway realm known as the Gallic Empire in the late 3rd century.

Flavia Domitilla was daughter of Domitilla the Younger by an unknown father, perhaps Quintus Petillius Cerialis.

St. Charitina of Amisus (also known as Charitina of Rome), was a virgin from Asia Minor, distinguished by strict chastity and piety.

Claudia Severa was a literate Roman woman, the wife of Aelius Brocchus, commander of an unidentified fort near Vindolanda fort in northern England.

Saint Vibiana is a third-century virgin martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.

Tanaquil (Etruscan Thanchvil) was the wife of Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome.

Apicata was a woman of the 1st century in ancient Rome.